Robert J. Adinolfi Law Blog

Rising Trend in Divorce among Older Couples—- Older New Jersey couples as well as those across the country are more likely to divorce at an older age than in the past. While the overall divorce rate has shown a slight decline across the nation, baby boomers – individuals born during the post-World War II population explosion from 1946 through 1964 – are getting an increasing amount of divorces. Statistics from the National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling... Read More

With the the IRS April deadline looming, divorcing couples have unique circumstances to consider when determining their filing status. ... Read More

New Jersey divorce lawyers are seeing an interesting trend called “un-divorce,” which is the practice of people who divorce emotionally but not legally. While un-divorcing is not new, it is only now gaining national attention because of the increasing number of couples who cannot afford to divorce in an economy experiencing high unemployment rates, low housing values and diminished retirement accounts.... Read More

In the New Jersey family court system, there are too many divorce cases and not enough judges to try them in a timely way. Because of this harsh reality, 98 percent of divorce cases settle before a trial is even scheduled.

In most cases, the divorcing couple reaches an agreement at the Early Settlement Panel (ESP), a court-sponsored program at the start of the trial process. Others use alternative dispute resolution techniques, such as mediation and arbitration, to arrive at an... Read More

Mediation gives divorcing spouses the opportunity to discuss their problems and agree on resolutions face to face.  In the mediation setting, both parties sit at a table and negotiate their own divorce agreement with the help of a New Jersey divorce mediator. The mediator is a neutral third party who is simply there to facilitate the discussion and offer ideas and suggestions, but the couple hammers out their own deal.... Read More

The short answer is “yes.”  “Permanent alimony,” usually occurs when a couple divorces in New Jersey after being married for a long period of time.   The length of the marriage is only one of the factors a court considers in determining whether or not a case is an alimony case... Read More